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Upanishads : " The Cream of Vedas"
Vedanta ( Veda +anta i.e; the end of Vedas ) as the literal meaning connotes comprises the philosophical portion of Vedas, called the Upanishads.
Of about 280 Upanishads unearthed so far, 108 have been accepted as authorised texts , and out of them have been commented upon by great Acharyas lika Sri Sankaracharya , Sri Ramanjacharya, Sri Madhavacharya and thus are classified as major.

Discussion-1. "From the Supreme Reality explained in the previous mantram, was created the entire world, knowable and knowing objects " .....

Thus here, we have the enumeration explaining that the five elements, the ten senses, the 'Prana' and the 'mind' came out of "Brahmam."

It is a Sastrik declaration that the form --- quality of creation has camr out of seventeen tattva-s.

Also, it declares that the entire world of activity ( prana), of feelings (mind), of cognition ( sense-organs), and the outer world of the Five great Elements have all the same source in the Eternal Reality as explained in the previous mantram.

In case, the pure Existence viz. the Reality is removed from the created world, we shall find the observed world of plurality dwindling itself into nothingness or non-existence.

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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esah - this one;
sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all;
easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient;
esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower;
easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source;
sarvasya - of all;
prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution;
hi - verily;
bhutanam - of all beings.
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The sum of Mantram : -
"This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all.
And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves."
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